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48th Annual Appalachian Studies Conference | Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, Tennessee | March 20 - 22, 2025.
Venue: Bartoo Hall clear filter
Friday, March 21
 

8:00am CDT

The Gifts of Poet Bill King
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 9:15am CDT
Bart 111
Convener: Ann Pancake, Independent
•    Ann Pancake, Independent
•    Elizabeth Hoggard-King, University of Georgia
•    Walter King, Independent
•    Doug Van Gundy, West Virginia Wesleyan College
•    Gordon Johnston, Mercer University
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 9:15am CDT
Bartoo Hall

9:30am CDT

Dark Skies in Appalachia Part 1: Literature, Poetry, and Place
Friday March 21, 2025 9:30am - 10:45am CDT
BART 111
Convener: Elijah Prewitt-Davis, Mount St. Joseph University
  • "The Character of the Night Sky in Appalachian Literature," Jeff Bary, Colgate University
  • "The Nightly Reminder of a Place on Earth," Elijah Prewitt-Davis, Mount St. Joseph University
  • "Falling Down, Looking Up: Nightscapes in Robert Gipe’s Trampoline," Anna Creadick, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
  • "‘You, Darkness’: A Collaborative Project in Eco-Poetry, Art, and Astronomy at Berea College," Ansel Elkins, Berea College; Lie Ford, Berea College
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Friday March 21, 2025 9:30am - 10:45am CDT
Bartoo Hall

9:30am CDT

Memoir and Memoirists
Friday March 21, 2025 9:30am - 10:45am CDT
BART 327
Convener: Chris Green, Berea College
• "Being Loyal: Some Notes on Editing Loyal Jones's Memoir," Chris Green, Berea College
• "My Mother’s Translator: Stories and Poems from an Affrilachian Migrant," E.J. Wade, Independent
Friday March 21, 2025 9:30am - 10:45am CDT
Bartoo Hall

9:30am CDT

Tourism
Friday March 21, 2025 9:30am - 10:45am CDT
BART 117
Convener: Audrey Nidiffer, Appalachian State University
• "Made for the Tourists: Searching for Sustainable, Economic Development in Sevier County, Tennessee," Mazdyn Miller, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• "‘Above it All’: A Rhetorical Analysis of Second-Home Billboards in Appalachia," Audrey Nidiffer, Appalachian State University
•  "The Black Appalachian Cultural Center: Building an African American Cultural Heritage Tourism Sector in Southern West Virginia," Cicero Fain III, Marshall University
Friday March 21, 2025 9:30am - 10:45am CDT
Bartoo Hall

1:00pm CDT

Teaching African American Music History in High School and Postsecondary Classrooms across Appalachia
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
BART 307
Convener and Presenter: Bryan Pierce, National Museum of African American Music.
EDUCATION COMMITTEE SPONSORED SESSION.
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
Bartoo Hall

1:30pm CDT

All About Moonshine
Friday March 21, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm CDT
BART 117
Convener: Caroline VerMeulen, Indiana University
• "Bottling Tradition: The Appalachian Imaginary and Craft Moonshine in Indiana," Caroline VerMeulen, Indiana University
• "Moonshine and the Environment," Arshiya Jeelani, University of Kentucky
• "Moonshine Cosmology," Emelie Peine, University of Puget Sound
Friday March 21, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm CDT
Bartoo Hall

1:30pm CDT

Student Health Coalition —Taking Measure of Student Activism, 50 Years Later: What is the Long-Term Impact of Short-Term Student Involvement and Service in Appalachia?
Friday March 21, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm CDT
BART 111
Convener: Polly McArthur, Independent
  • "Reflections on Community-Based Partnerships as Students and Our Perspectives 50 Years Later," Nancy Raybin, Independent; Diane Lauver, Independent; Dale Strasser, Independent; Polly McArthur, Independent
Friday March 21, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm CDT
Bartoo Hall

3:00pm CDT

Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Food-Energy-Water Nexus: Empowering Appalachian Communities
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:15pm CDT
BART 327
Convener: Andrea Arce-Trigatti, Tennessee Tech University
  • Facilitator: Troy Smith, Tennessee Tech University
  • Pedro E. Arce, Tennessee Tech University
  • J. Robby Sanders, Tennessee Tech University
  • Dipendra Wagale, Tennessee Tech University
  • Jessee Griffiths, Tennessee Tech University
  • Diane Glasglow, City of Cookeville

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:15pm CDT
Bartoo Hall

3:00pm CDT

Transforming Education for First Generation, Low Income and Rural Students: The First2 Network Approach
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:15pm CDT
BART 111
Convener and Presenter: Samantha Mitchell, High Rocks Educational Corporation.
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:15pm CDT
Bartoo Hall

4:30pm CDT

Appalachian Englishes
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm CDT
BART 111
Convener: Paul Reed, University of Alabama
• "The Mountain South Versus the Deep South — Surprising Similarities Between Two Storytellers from Each Region," Jeremiah Farmer, Clemson University
• "An Individual View of Appalachian Englishes: A Lifetime of Change," Paul Reed, University of Alabama
• "The Traditional “Grass” Vowel in Appalachian English," Bridget Anderson, Old Dominion University
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm CDT
Bartoo Hall
 
Saturday, March 22
 

8:00am CDT

Environmental Sciences
Saturday March 22, 2025 8:00am - 9:15am CDT
BART 117
Convener: Alexander Miele, LSU
  • "Geographic Variations in U.S. Natural Gas Pipeline Incidents: Misalignment Between Administrative Boundaries and the Appalachian Region," Jacob Hileman, West Virginia University
  • "Linking Streamflow Trends with Land Cover in a Southern USA Water Tower," Alexander Miele, LSU
  • "Sustainable Methodologies for Degradation of PET-based Microplastics along the Tennessee River," Kyle Murphy, Tennessee Tech University

Saturday March 22, 2025 8:00am - 9:15am CDT
Bartoo Hall

8:00am CDT

Faith Histories
Saturday March 22, 2025 8:00am - 9:15am CDT
BART 307
Convener: Summer King, University of Mississippi
  • "The Potential of Religion in Appalachian Sustainability Transitions: The Case of Bethlehem Farm," Julius Malin, University of Basel
  • "Hearing from Our Own Home: Reading the Pastoral Letters of Catholic Committee of Appalachia as a Model for Synodality," Abigail Rosys, Boston College Clough School of Theology and Ministry
  • "He Shall Take Up Serpents: The Spread of Pentecostal Snake Handling through Southern Appalachia, 1909-1932," Summer King, University of Mississippi

Saturday March 22, 2025 8:00am - 9:15am CDT
Bartoo Hall

8:00am CDT

Future Places
Saturday March 22, 2025 8:00am - 9:15am CDT
BART 111
Convener: Marti Wagnon, Virginia Tech
  • "'This Place Knows How to Dream': King Coal as Thirdspace Vision of Appalachia's Future," William Nash, Middlebury College
  • "Between Heaven & the High Country: Constructing Religious Space in the Southern Appalachian Landscape," Ella Adams, Appalachian State University
  • "Beyond the Tall, Tall Trees: Reimagining Technology, Digital Literacy, and the Physical Landscape of Rural Appalachia," Marti Wagnon, Virginia Tech
Saturday March 22, 2025 8:00am - 9:15am CDT
Bartoo Hall

9:30am CDT

College Transitions
Saturday March 22, 2025 9:30am - 10:45am CDT
BART 117
Convener: Africa Hands, University at Buffalo
  • "‘My Grandmother Recommended I Apply’: College Information Seeking among Appalachian Students," Africa Hands, University at Buffalo
  • "Rank Strangers: Using Liminality to Conceptualize College Transition for Rural Appalachian Students," David Adams, University of Cincinnati
  • "The Influences That Facilitate the Development of a Sense of Calling among Undergraduate Women Raised and Educated in Appalachia," Lindsay Monihen, Shawnee State University

Saturday March 22, 2025 9:30am - 10:45am CDT
Bartoo Hall

9:30am CDT

High Water is Hell, Brothers and Sisters!
Saturday March 22, 2025 9:30am - 10:45am CDT
BART 327
Convener and Presenter: Jared Hamilton, M.A.R.S. Collective
Saturday March 22, 2025 9:30am - 10:45am CDT
Bartoo Hall

9:30am CDT

Writing the New Appalachia: A Reading and Discussion with Appalachian Memoirist Jennifer McGaha
Saturday March 22, 2025 9:30am - 10:45am CDT
BART 111
Convener and Presenter: Jennifer McGaha, Independent
Saturday March 22, 2025 9:30am - 10:45am CDT
Bartoo Hall

9:30am CDT

Never Been out of the County: Short-Term Study Abroad Programs for Appalachian Students at Two-Year Colleges
Saturday March 22, 2025 9:30am - 10:45am CDT
BART 307
Convener and Presenter: Jeff Wallace, Southern State Community College
Saturday March 22, 2025 9:30am - 10:45am CDT
Bartoo Hall

11:00am CDT

Health Outcomes
Saturday March 22, 2025 11:00am - 12:15pm CDT
BART 117
Convener: Michelle Roberts, University of Kentucky
  • "Insuring Health, Ensuring Limits: A Praxiographic Approach to Health Insurance and Care Delivery for People with Disabilities in Appalachian Kentucky," Michelle Roberts, University of Kentucky
  • "Diabetes Fatalism in Appalachia: A Concept Analysis," Karen Carver, East Tennessee State University
  • "‘It’s Generational Trauma’: The Importance of Historically Contextualizing Drug-Related Suffering Amongst Pregnant and Postpartum Women in Appalachian North Georgia," Anna Mullany, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health

Saturday March 22, 2025 11:00am - 12:15pm CDT
Bartoo Hall

11:00am CDT

Perspectives on Appalachia with the University Press of Kentucky
Saturday March 22, 2025 11:00am - 12:15pm CDT
BART 327
Convener: Laura Leigh Morris, Furman University
Reading and Discussions with:
  • Laura Leigh Morris, Furman University
  • Chris Aluka Berry, Aluka Stories
  • Kelly Elaine Navies, Independent
  • Karen Salyer McElmurray, Spalding University
  • Rae Garringer, Country Queers

Saturday March 22, 2025 11:00am - 12:15pm CDT
Bartoo Hall

11:00am CDT

A Reading from Appalachian Lit Authors
Saturday March 22, 2025 11:00am - 12:15pm CDT
BART 111
Convener: Damian Dressick, Appalachian Lit
  • "Wesley Scott McMasters Reads His Work," Wesley Scott McMasters, Carson-Newman University
  • "Laura Jackson Reads Her Work," Laura Jackson, Autumn House Press
  • "Willie Carver Reads His Work," Willie Carver, Independent
  • "Patrick McGinty Reads His Work," Patrick McGinty, Slippery Rock University

Saturday March 22, 2025 11:00am - 12:15pm CDT
Bartoo Hall

2:30pm CDT

Literature: Genre and Style
Saturday March 22, 2025 2:30pm - 2:45pm CDT
BART 117
Convener: Moriah Silvers, University of Georgia
  • "New Critical Edition of Appalachian Novel This Day and Time by Anne W. Armstrong," Linda Behrend, Independent
  • "A Genre Reimagined: An Exploration of Rhetorical Style in Contemporary Appalachian Literature," Moriah Silvers, University of Georgia
  • "A Hotel Perched on a Hill: The Grove Park Inn in Recent Appalachian Fiction," Jimmy Dean Smith, Union Commonwealth University

Saturday March 22, 2025 2:30pm - 2:45pm CDT
Bartoo Hall

2:30pm CDT

Mining Perspectives
Saturday March 22, 2025 2:30pm - 3:45pm CDT
BART 307
Convener: Barry Whittemore, University of North Georgia
  • "An Historical Perspective on Mining in the Southern Appalachians and its Effects," Barry Whittemore, University of North Georgia
  • "Health and Extractivism in Central Appalachia," Meghan Albritton, Virginia Tech
  • "Stories from the Mines: Historical Memories of Westmoreland Coal," Adam Dean, Lincoln Memorial University; Stephanie Holyfield, Lincoln Memorial University
  • "The Social Lives of Energy Regimes," Nadia Smiecinska, UC Davis

Saturday March 22, 2025 2:30pm - 3:45pm CDT
Bartoo Hall

2:30pm CDT

Writers of Appalachia
Saturday March 22, 2025 2:30pm - 3:45pm CDT
BART 327
Convener: Sylvia Shurbutt, Shepherd University, Center for Appalachian Studies and Communities
  • "Changing Landscapes, Changing Scholarly Approaches: The Work of Robert Gipe," Peter Thompson, University of New Brunswick; Timothy Di Leo Browne, Carleton University
  • "Historical Remembrance & Appalachian Identity in Ron Rash's The World Made Straight," Grace Buckner, Appalachian State University
  • "Fluidity and Found Family in Carter Sickels’ The Prettiest Star," Atticus Mason, University of North Carolina at Asheville
  • "Poetry All Around Us: The Work of West Virginia Poet Laureate Marc Harshman," Sylvia Shurbutt, Shepherd University, Center for Appalachian Studies and Communities

Saturday March 22, 2025 2:30pm - 3:45pm CDT
Bartoo Hall

2:30pm CDT

Regional Appalachian Perspectives on Narrative Fictional Film Strategies
Saturday March 22, 2025 2:30pm - 3:45pm CDT
BART 111
Convener and Presenters: Chet Pancake, Temple University
Saturday March 22, 2025 2:30pm - 3:45pm CDT
Bartoo Hall
 
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